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Sunlight Foundation Transparency Ecosystem » Open Congress: Congress Links
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Sunlight Foundation Transparency Ecosystem » Open Congress: Obama vs. McCain: By the Bills
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Intellitics » Introducing Zilino at NCDD’s D&D Marketplace
As mentioned earlier on Twitter, we’ll be presenting Zilino at NCDD’s D&D Marketplace this October. Here’s the outline I just submitted: Zilino — Your Friendly E-participation Engine Introduction to Zilino, a new web application for group problem solving and decision making. Highly interactive discussion of some of the key concepts behind Zilino, our roadmap for future releases as well as … [weiterlesen/Read more]
Sunlight Foundation Transparency Ecosystem » Real-Time Investigations: Washington Post: Biden’s Son Lobbied Obama’s Staff for Earmarks
The Washington Post reports that Barack Obama, the Democratic nominee for President, requested $3.4 million in congressional earmarks for clients of the lobbying firm that employs the son of running mate Joe Biden. Hunter Biden, who’s a registered lobbyist (see here and here for his clients), apparently lobbied Obama’s Senate office directly:Campaign spokesman David Wade [...] Read more… [weiterlesen/Read more]
Sunlight Foundation Transparency Ecosystem » Open Secrets: Capital Eye: Visa and US Bank Pay for Freshmen to Party
Congressional newbies who feared they came to Capitol Hill too late to enjoy the famed convention parties thrown by corporate interests (a practice banned by recent ethics laws) will have a chance this afternoon to do just that. Visa and US Bank (a subsidiary of US Bancorp)–which have spent a total of $2.6 million on lobbying in the first six … [weiterlesen/Read more]
The Great E-mancipator » Computer Weekly blog awards
Despite being shortlised, the blog didn’t make the top two in the Computer Weekly Blog Awards for 2008, but never mind! Interestingly the winners were both from education with the Microsoft Schools News taking the ‘gold’. In the meantime I’ll keep up my campaign around metrics in local government service delivery, particularly electronic service delivery and with three dates for … [weiterlesen/Read more]
Sunlight Foundation Transparency Ecosystem » Open Congress: Gang of 10 16
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Sunlight Foundation Transparency Ecosystem » Open Secrets: Capital Eye: Financial Industry Lobbyists Keep Bankers Hours
For every star-studded concert and poker tournament when the sun goes down over the Rockies, there are dozens of mundane corporate events during the day that resemble what goes on in Washington nearly every other day of the year. Such was the scene Tuesday at a daytime event sponsored by the Financial Services Roundtable, an influential alliance of the nations … [weiterlesen/Read more]
Sunlight Foundation Transparency Ecosystem » Congresspedia: Meet the Candidates: Congressional primaries in Florida and Alaska Tuesday
In Alaska (see all candidates), two members of Congress, both Republicans and both under federal investigation, face formidable primary challenges Tuesday. Down in Florida there are primary candidates running in each of Florida's 25 congressional districts (see all candidates).Alaska Rep. Don Young is facing two Republican challengers: State Representative Gabrielle LeDoux and Lieutenant Governor Sean Parnell, who is backed by … [weiterlesen/Read more]
Sunlight Foundation Transparency Ecosystem » Open Secrets: Capital Eye: McCain Winning the Western Money Races
Barack Obama is a far way from home this week at the Democratic National Convention in Denver. Despite being in a big city, he is in the center of a region dominated by ranching, farming and a rural way of life. Both Obama and John McCain will be fighting to win the hearts of voters living in the Western states, … [weiterlesen/Read more]
Sunlight Foundation Transparency Ecosystem » Open Secrets: Capital Eye: Professors Spent Their Summer Vacations Giving to Obama
While school was out, college professors and other educators were putting money into Barack Obamas presidential campaign, according to a new analysis of the Democratic nominees summer fundraising. Educators contributed at least $2.3 million to his campaign in June and July, surpassed only by lawyers, who make up Obamas top-giving industry since the campaigns start, and retirees. Read more… [weiterlesen/Read more]
Sunlight Foundation Transparency Ecosystem » Open Congress: Digital Bill of Rights
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Sunlight Foundation Transparency Ecosystem » Open Congress: Kennedy Speaks
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Sunlight Foundation Transparency Ecosystem » Open Congress: Obama Legislation Targets Voter Intimidation
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Sunlight Foundation Transparency Ecosystem » Open Secrets: Capital Eye: Ethanol Essay Wins OpenSecrets.org Journalism Contest!
The Center for Responsive Politics is pleased to announce that Cassie Fleming, a rising senior at the University of Nebraska, is the winner of OpenSecrets.org's first Citizen Journalism Contest. Read her winning essay on this topic: "How have campaign contributions and lobbying efforts influenced policy on an issue you care about?" Read more… [weiterlesen/Read more]
Sunlight Foundation Transparency Ecosystem » Real-Time Investigations: TCS centralizes earmark data
Our friends at Taxpayers for Common Sense have collected, in one handy spot, all of their Fiscal 2009 earmark data and trenchant analyses of same. So far, the Senate (which has much laxer earmark disclosure rules) has passed more bills than the House — we saw the same pattern last year as well, though traditionally [...] Read more… [weiterlesen/Read more]
Sunlight Foundation Transparency Ecosystem » Open Secrets: Capital Eye: Biden's Son a Registered Lobbyist
Barack Obama may be trying to keep lobbyists out of his campaign, but after selecting Sen. Joe Biden as his running mate in the upcoming presidential election, he won't be able to keep lobbyists out of the family. Biden's son, Hunter, has been a registered lobbyist since 2001, pushing the agenda of universities and biotech companies on Capitol Hill. Read … [weiterlesen/Read more]
Sunlight Foundation Transparency Ecosystem » Open Secrets: Capital Eye: So, Who's Up in Those Skyboxes?
You could hold a presidential nominating convention with just the delegates, but you couldn't finance a presidential campaign without the bundlers. So, these uber-fundraisers are also in attendance at the conventions in Denver and St. Paul, and they are enjoying special perks for delivering hundreds of thousands of dollars to their candidate's coffers. Bundlers are now listed for both Obama … [weiterlesen/Read more]
Sunlight Foundation Transparency Ecosystem » Open Congress: A VP and a Plan for Iraq
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Sunlight Foundation Transparency Ecosystem » Open Secrets: Capital Eye: How to Teach a Blue Dog Red Tricks
There is an emboldened breed of politician strutting around Denver this week and tonight, as part of the Democratic Party's convention, multiple corporations will be throwing a late-night bash in honor of these creatures. A group of fiscally conservative Democrats known as the Blue Dog Coalition has been able to leverage centrist appeal and an increasing Democratic majority into strong … [weiterlesen/Read more]
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